The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

