The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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