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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City