Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

