Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

