The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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