The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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