Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

