The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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