The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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