The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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