The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City