The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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