The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

