Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
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...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

