The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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