The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

