The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
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...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

