The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

