The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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