The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

