Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

