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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

