The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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