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

