Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

