The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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