The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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