Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

