The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston