Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

