The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

