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