The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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