The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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