The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park 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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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