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...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 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...

