The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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