The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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