The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

