The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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