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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

