The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

