The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
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...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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