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...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

