The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

