The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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