The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

