The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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