The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

