Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

