Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

