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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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