The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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