Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

