Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

