The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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