Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

