Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

