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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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