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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

