Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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