The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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