The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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