The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

