The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

