The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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