The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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