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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

