The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

