The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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