The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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