Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

