The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

