Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

