The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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