The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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