The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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