The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

