Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

