Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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