The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

