Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

