The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

