The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

