The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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