Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
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...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

