The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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