The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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