Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

