Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown