The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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