The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...

