The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

