The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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