The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

