Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

