The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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