The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

