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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

