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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown