The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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