The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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