The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

