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

