The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

