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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

