The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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