The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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