Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

