The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

