The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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