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