The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

