Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

