Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

