The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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