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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

