The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

