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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston