The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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