Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

