The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

