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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

