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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

