The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

