The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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