The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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