The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

