The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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