The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

