The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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