Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

