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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

