The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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