Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

