The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

