The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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