Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

