The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

