The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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