The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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