Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

