Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

