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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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