Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

