The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown