Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

