Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

