Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

