Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

