The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

