The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

