The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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