The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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