Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

