The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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