The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

