The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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