The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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