Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

