The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

