The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

