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

