Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although itโs difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

