The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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