The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

