The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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