The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...

