The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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