The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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