The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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