Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

