The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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