Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

