The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown