The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown