The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

