The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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