Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

