The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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