The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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