Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

