The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

