The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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