The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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