The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

