The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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