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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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