The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

