The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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