Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

