The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

