The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
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...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

