Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

