Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown