The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
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...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City