The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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