The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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