Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

