Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

