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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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