Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

