Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

