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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

