Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

