The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

