Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

