The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

