The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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