The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

