The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

