The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

