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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

