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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

