Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

