Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

