The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

