The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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