Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

