The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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