Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

