The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

