The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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