The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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