The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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