The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

