The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

