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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown