The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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