The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

