The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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