The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
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...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

