The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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