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

