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