The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
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...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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