The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

