Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

