Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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