The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

