Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

