The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company 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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

