The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

