The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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