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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

