Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown