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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

