The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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