The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township 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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

