Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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