The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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