Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown