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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

