The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

