Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
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...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

