The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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