The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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