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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

