Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

