Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

