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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

