The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

