Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

