Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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