The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston