The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

