Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

