The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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