Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

