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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

