Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

