The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

