The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

