Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

