The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

