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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

