The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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