Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

