The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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