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

