The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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