Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

