The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

