The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

