The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City