The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown