The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
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...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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