Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

