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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

