Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

