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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

