The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

