The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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