The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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