Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

