The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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