The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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