The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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