The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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