The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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