The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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