The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

