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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

