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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

