Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

