Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

