Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

