The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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