The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

