The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

