The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
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...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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