The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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