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