The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown