The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown