The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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