The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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