The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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