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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

