The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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