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

