The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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