The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City