Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

