The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

