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...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

