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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

