Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

