The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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