The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

