The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

