Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

