Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

