Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

