The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

