The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...

