Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

