The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

