The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

