The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

