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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

