The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesotaโs most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

