Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

