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