Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

