The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

