The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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