The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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