The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

