The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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