Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

