The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston