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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

