Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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