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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

