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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

