The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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