Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

