The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

