Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

