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] ...
WCCO VISITS ALEXANDRIA
WCCO is in town this week for their 'Goin' to the Lake' series where each summer they visit various destinations in Minnesota and Wisconsin to show off the best summer destinations. Below ...
LATE AFTERNOON FUN
Sundays are sad days for those that have hit the road to leave Alexandria. The boys in the video below weren't among them. I was sitting outside reading late last Sunday afternoon ...
ABOVE LAKE BURGEN
Here is an aerial view of Lake Burgen from the south end. Burgen is a clean, smaller lake at the south end of Alexandria, Minnesota that I have posted about in the ...
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 ...
LOONS IN TRAINING
Last night prior to sundown in Alexandria I went out on Lake Darling on my stand up paddleboard for a trip around little Darling. Earlier in the week while out on the ...
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 ...
ALEXANDRIA’S DARLING DRIVE
Last summer I bought a scooter and wish I had done it many years ago. I bought it primarily to use during the summer while at the lake but found myself looking ...
LEGACY OF THE LAKES MUSEUM
An event center at Legacy of the Lakes Museum will be opening soon and you can see the progress in the aerial video I recorded yesterday around 7 PM. The event center ...
Western Grebes and Lake Osakis
The Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs played game five of the Eastern Conference semi-finals last night (won by the Leafs so the series heads back to Toronto for game six) and ...
The Eastern Shoreline of Lake Andrew
The highest percentage of the homes, cabins, and cottages at Lake Andrew in Alexandria are located along the eastern shoreline of the lake. To be precise, the southeast, east, and northeast shoreline ...
SPRING; DAYS ONE AND TWO
Yesterday was the second day of spring in 2018 and I returned to the Public Access at the northwest corner of Lake Geneva in Alexandria to record some aerial video. My motivation ...
ALEXANDRIA’S LAKE HOME INVENTORY
The weather always plays a huge role each year in Alexandria lake homes going on the market before spring and during the spring months. There will be more shoveling time in store ...
Tom Lehman on Alexandria
Leading up to Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis, Mpls. St. Paul Magazine has produced a video series called 'My North'. There will be 52 episodes with a broad range of people sharing ...
Lake Darling’s South Darling Drive
Recorded on Monday, August 14th of 2017 above South Darling Drive in Alexandria, Minnesota ...
