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