The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

