The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

