Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

