The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston