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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

