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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

