The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
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
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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