The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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