The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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