Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

