The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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