The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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