The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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