The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

