Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

