The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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