Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

