Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

