Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

