The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

