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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

