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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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