The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

