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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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