Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

