The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

