The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

