The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

