The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

