The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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