The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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