The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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