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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

