The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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