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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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