The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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