The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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