The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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