Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

