The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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