The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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