The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

