Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
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
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

