The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown