The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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