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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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