Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

