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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

