Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

