The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

