The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

