The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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