Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

