The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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