The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

