The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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