The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

