The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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