The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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