The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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