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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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