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

