The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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