Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

