The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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