MAPLE SPRINGS AND YANDA

Not the best blog post title. Kind of sounds like it might be a bad television series on one of the many obscure networks. But, that is what you will see in ...
LAKE COTTAGE FOR SALE

Forada Beach Road has some of the best, if not the best, lakeshore at crystal clear (20.6 feet average water clarity per the MN DNR) Maple Lake. Yesterday I added a new ...
NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR : RIEDEL BEACH, LAKE MILTONA

At the northwest side of the largest lake in Douglas County, Lake Miltona, lies the homes and cottages of Riedel (pronounced "rye-dell" for the name of the family that platted it back ...
FRENCHMAN COVE AT LAKE LE HOMME DIEU

Frenchman Cove is a townhome association located at the northeast side of Lake Le Homme Dieu in Alexandria, Minnesota. There are twenty three homes and this association has the distinction among the ...
NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR : NORTHBROOK CIRCLE

Northbrook Circle is a street in Alexandria near Voyager Elementary School and as you will see in the video below, it is a short distance north of downtown Alexandria. The street has ...
TOUR LAKE GENEVA

About Lake Geneva Lake Geneva is one of eleven lakes that make up Alexandria's Chain of Lakes. The 640 acre lake connects to Lake Le Homme Dieu at its northwest side and ...
SHOTS OF WHISKEY

Did the title of this post pique your interest? It is indeed Friday so enjoying a dram of whiskey may be on some of your minds. The whiskey I am referring to ...
BIG CHIP ROAD

Big Chip Road in Brandon. It is on the west side of Lake Chippewa (Big Chip) and the most developed part of the 1,185 acre lake. And, it is for a good ...
LAKE LATOKA ON THE WEST SIDE

Lake Latoka (latoka.com) in Alexandria is a clean lake now and has always been. Whenever the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources tests water clarity Latoka has one of the better scores in ...
SOUTHWEST LAKE DARLING

Tour the southwest side of Big Darling in Alexandria, Minnesota from an eagle's perspective. Starting a little north of Lake Darling Resort your view from the air will move north towards Pristine ...
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TOUR LAKE AGNES & LAKE HENRY

Names such as Carlos, Le Homme Dieu, and Darling pop into most people's minds when they think about the lakes of Alexandria, Minnesota. Not Agnes and Henry. Each year there typically aren't ...
FORADA SUPPER CLUB

Four miles south of Alexandria and nearby Maple Lake is the Forada Supper Club. It was built in 1983 and has been the host to wedding celebrations, family reunions, sport banquets, holiday ...
STRAIGHTLINE TO LAKE VICTORIA

Alexandria's Lake Burgen has been my focus the past week. The reason? I think it is a great lake for people to live but also am working on a couple of listings ...
ALL THE SHORELINE AT LAKE BURGEN

Last week FedEx made a stop at my office on Broadway in Alexandria to deliver a package. I have owned consumer drones since 2011 and what FedEx brought to me was my ...
GLENWOOD’S LAKE SCANDI

Lake Scandinavian, better known as "Scandi" by locals, is a lake near Glenwood, Minnesota that is 415 acres with 3.84 miles of shoreline. It definitely could be labeled a serene setting. From ...
BUILD NEAR ALEXANDRIA AREA HIGH SCHOOL

At the risk of being repetitive, I'd like to share that Lake Burgen should be considered by anyone looking for an investment in a lake lot or a lot to build a ...
A TOUR OF A LAKE MILTONA COTTAGE

In this video get a bird's eye view of a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom Lake Miltona cottage that is for sale in Alexandria's MLS. [Update: this property sold shortly after this post] ...
LAKE IDA’S SOUTH END. REALLY NICE.

If you ever get the chance to buy real estate at, or near, the south end of Alexandria's Lake Ida, move quickly. It isn't common for properties to be for sale and ...
THE LOVE BOAT(S)

Readers of Alexandria's Echo Press today will see a photo I took a week ago today at Lake Darling. Celeste Edenloff called me earlier this week from her desk at the Echo ...
THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE VICTORIA

For those of you unfamiliar with Lake Victoria in Alexandria (MN), from above it resembles the letter "C" with a bulge that points north. Not the most eloquent description. I used to ...
FLYING ABOVE DARLING DRIVE

Yesterday I shared a handful of photos I captured earlier in the week. Now in this video you can view Alexandria's Darling Drive from Browns Point to Carlos Darling Drive. And, a ...
HERMOSA BEACH ROAD, LAKE MILTONA

UPDATE...THIS PROPERTY HAS SOLD Today there is a new listing at the sound end of Lake Miltona. The property is on Hermosa Beach Road and it isn't often that you will see ...
LAKE BROPHY PARK EXPANSION

Lake Brophy County Park "...offers the best views of Alexandria and the surrounding area. The tops of the hills are 140 feet above Lake Brophy. Multi-use trails wandering through the upland prairie ...