The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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