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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

