Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

