The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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