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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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