The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

