Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

