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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

