The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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