The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

