The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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