The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

