The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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