The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown