The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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