Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

