The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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