Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

