Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

