Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

