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...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

