Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

