The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston