Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

