The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

