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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

