The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown