The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown