The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

