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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

