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