The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

