The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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