The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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