Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

