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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

