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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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