Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasnโt set up to show talkies. As the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

