The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the homeโs owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

