Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

