Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

