The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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