The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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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