Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

