The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

