The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

