Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

