Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

