Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

