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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
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...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

