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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

