The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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