The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

