The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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