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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

