The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

