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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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