The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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