The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown