Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

