The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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