Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

