Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
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...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

