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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

