The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul