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...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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