The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

