The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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