The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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