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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

