The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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