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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
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...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

