Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

