The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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