Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

