The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

