The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

