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