The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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