Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion 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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

