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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

