The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

