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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

